England 'veee' Scotland - what happened to versus?!!

[221b]

Am I the only person that gets annoyed by this?

Endless cretinous people announcing football/rugby/fill-in-the-blank matches.

The 'Versizzzz' thing used to really aggravate me - can no-one actually say the word versus?

And now they don't even bother to say that, just 'Veee'.

Oh Grrrr!!!

[Discoman]

And I thought it was just me that it annoyed. Nice to know there are kindred spirits out there.
I'm sure it's just one more small erosion in the fabric of civilised society, Just like "street food" and every second cretin on the high street barging into you because they're too preoccupied texting on their infernal mobile phones.
I wonder what else about so-called modern life really annoys people.
(Was that the sound of a can of worms being opened?)

[stewey]

Also, people who say "congradulations" instead of "congratulations". Why do some people use the word "need" in place of "like" or "want": such as "I need to talk to you" or "I need you to help me"? Irritating!!!

[Quizmonster]

I can't see the problem myself...it's just an abbreviation, after all! In addition, it is written thus... "England v Scotland"...and is no different from "Harry H Corbett" pronounced "Harry aitch Corbett".
I'd save your rage for real barbarities such as "I could of" in place of "I could've", just because they sound alike.

[smorodina]

I do find it a little annoying (incidently in the legal world they say 'against' where 'v' is written), but I agree with QM that there are far worse liberties taken with the English language these days. I had to attend a MS Word course at my company a few months back where the trainer pointed out that Word corrects 'must of' automatically to 'must have' and then said she couldn't see anything wrong with 'must of'(!). As to 'Harry aitch Corbett', most people today would say 'Harry haitch Corbett'!

[221b]

I take your point, Quizmonster, about written-'Veeeee'-spoken, but we don't pronounce 'Mr' as 'Mrrrrrrrr' do we? We say the full 'Mister' etc.

I think the distinction between how abbreviations are written and how they are spoken shold remain...

Othrws wed all bi spkn in txtspk!

I suspect they've changed to to 'veee' because no-one can say versus - they all say 'versizzzz'

Or is 'Veeee' just 'sexier' or some other bloomin' twaddle...

How awful Smorodina that a teacher doesn't know the difference between of and have.

In the word(s) of Gary Larson, "Criminy"!

I think the 'could of' argument is well documented, but I'd never seen the Versizzzzz thing aired before so I thought I'd vent my spleen a little!

Cheers, Answerbankers!

[221b]

Ooops, "should"...

[heathfield]

I don't like 'vee', and my other half positively detests it. OK in print, where space may be limited, but in the spoken word 'vee' and 'versus' take the same amount of time to enounce.

Other hates are the common use of 'convince' where 'persuade' should be used,'less' for 'few' or 'fewer', and 'barter' instead of 'bargain' on the present rash of auction shows on TV.

(Tesco are to change their 'Ten items or less' checkout signs to 'Up to ten items' following much criticism of their use of English)

[baileysmum]

ok heres one. I am new to this site but had to say one word. whether used because of accent or ignorance.
CHIMLEY... instead of Chimney

or pacific instead of specific.....

[221b]

Excellent!

I'm from De'm originally and lots of my friends used to say Chimblee!

But I couldn't be Pacific about that....

[Quizmonster]

Re 'haitch', Smorodina, the addition of the letter �h' to the front of �aitch' is still, I think, generally regarded as uneducated. In fact, The Oxford English Dictionary does not even list it.
It seems to have originated in Irish English and is relatively common in Australian speech. That is possibly because many Irish religious Brothers took teaching positions in the early days of settlement there.
Perhaps we have re-imported it, as it were, from visiting Aussies! Reminds me of the Army drill-sergeant who reputedly told recruits that "Rifle-butts are made from hoah, hash or 'ickory

[Quizmonster]

I don't know what happened to the tail-end of my response above, but...without so much as a by-your-leave...it was whisked away without my intervention!
It was supposed to end with an exclamation mark and closing inverted commas. Nor did I get a chance to alter 'hoah' to 'hoak'. Very odd!

[baileysmum]

221b haha-

[HWKE]

I also get rather annoyed when people want to axe me a pacific question.

[221b]

Catherine Tate did a fabulous sketch once where people kept "arkskin" her character questions.

I think the character later morphed into Lauren (Am I bovvered?)

[Quizmonster]

HWKE, until around 1600, the regular form of the verb meaning �ask' was 'ax', based on earlier forms 'acsian' or 'axian'. 'Ax' remained until then the commonest form throughout the midlands and southern England, whilst 'ask' was essentially just the northern dialect form of the word. However, it gradually took over.
So, 'aks' was originally the correct form. I believe it is still quite commonly used in Lancashire despite the fact that northern English people originally used what we now take to be the right form!

[con-amca]

One among very many annoying misuses of the English language that is quite common these days - I saw it a few days ago in the "quality" newspaper Daily Telegraph - is the word "slither" used for "sliver" (and for all I know, vice versa). I can see how the mistake might arise, but it displays an appalling level of ignorance.

[joko]

One thing that annoys me is the changing of 'f' to 'th' - it is usually the other way round, but this way makes me cringe much more.

I have heard jade goody say "myselth" a few times, whenever she is vainly attempting to sound intelligent.

I also know a number of people who think deaf people are death....!

[Aquagility]

The use of it looks like in place of it looks as though seems to have become accepted usage. I hate it!

[curlyperm]

lol at the 'ARKS' instead of ASK, a permenant fixture on Eastenders amongst the (and i use the word loosely) 'Actors'
I have known a few people who describe their homes as 'Only bricks and water' instead of bricks and MORTAR
This might be an uncommon wone but its always bugged me, people constantly saying 'ITS UP TO YOU' ?? not incorrect i know but just lazy speak? You may disagree but its down to you lol

[curlyperm]

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